Fox, Gerald Willis, 1900-1974.
Gerald Willis Fox the history of recent physics in the United States, 1965.
The manuscript describes the early influence of Fox's father and his high school teaching; his study at University of Michigan and assistantship to Harrison M. Randall; the change in physics since World War II; lectures at Ann Arbor and Arnold Sommerfeld's lectures on quantum theory; amateur radio interest; associations with Ernest Baker and James M. Cork; thesis work with Ora Duffendack; work with quartz crystals; career at Iowa State University; World War II work; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory; change in physics deprtment at Iowa State University; and research interests.
Duffendack, Ora S. (Ora Stanley), 1890.
Fox, Gerald Willis, 1900-1974
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951.
Iowa State University.
University of Michigan.
Physicists -- Biography.
Physics -- History.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Quantum theory.
Quartz crystals.
Radio.
Physicists. aat
Cork, James M. (James Murle), 1894-
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA